MAKE IT / 27

a few weeks ago we made a bright leather clutch (see here!) and we had all sorts of scraps left over from the project. we couldn’t see them go to waste…so we made our keychains beautiful. here’s how you can too…

* it’s easiest if you can measure them out all next to each other, but sometimes when working with scraps we find you may just have to shift them around to fit them all. either way, the end results are the same

• cut out and set aside the 5 inch skinny piece for later.
• on the three 8 1/2 long pieces measure and mark a line 3 inches from the ends of on both sides of all the pieces.
• now measure and mark in 1/4 increments across the boxes drawn on either sides, these will be the fringy part of the tassel.
• cut along the drawn lines to cut the pieces apart and create the fringe.

• stack the 2 thinner pieces on top of each other and then in the middle of the largest leather piece.
• carefully fold one side over the other and secure with a nice, neat line of glue.
• clip and let dry.

• find your skinny piece that you had set aside and glue it across the fold, right where the fringe and solid part of the leather meet. let dry.
• slip the leather through the split ring.
• drop a little dab of glue just above the skinny piece fold in half and hold together so that the glue begins to grip.
• lastly, wrap the skinny piece around the whole tassel and secure with glue.

What a perfect keychain! My fiance thinks I’m nuts because I only carry my keys one at a time: Car and House. It’s pretty ridiculous, and I do lose them ALL the time. Maybe this will inspire me to make a keychain!

[…] that caught my eye recently was one put up by the lovely, Bri Emery of designlovefest. She put up a make it – blog post about leather keychains. I think this is such a cute little gift idea. I love that leather is coming back in style and what […]

[…] For this particular project you’ll need leather of vinyl straps, scissors, a ruler, a pencil, fabric glue and a binder clip. Measure and cut out three triangles as shown in the instructions. Mark a line 3’’ from the ends on both sides of all the pieces and then cut to make the fringe. Stack 2 thinner pieces on top of each other and in the middle of the largest piece and fold one side over the other. Secure it with glue and clip. Then glue the thin piece across the fold.{found on designlovefest}. […]

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